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useful garment is in fact a diver's dress, and, when 

 properly put on, admits not a drop of water. It 

 has, however, one fault, it is apt to freeze when I 

 am out of the water, and then one feels encased, 

 as it were, in a suit of inflexible armor. Second, 

 the spawning tins. . . . Third, a long, shallow bas- 

 ket. . . . Fourth, house-flannel, cut into lengths 

 of one yard ; this is absolutely necessary to hold 

 the struggling salmon. Those who are unaccus- 

 tomed to spawn salmon have an awkward habit of 

 putting their fingers into the gills of the fish, and 

 if the fish's gills are injured and bleed, he suffers 

 much from it. I never to my knowledge killed a 

 fish in my life while spawning it. Fifth,- dry 

 towels; these are most necessary, as the slime 

 from the salmon makes one's hands very slippery 

 . . . besides which, wiping the hands warms them, 

 and, when working in the water at this time of 

 year, the cold to the hands and arms is fearful. 

 . . . Eleventh, ordinary baggage, and especially a 

 bottle of scented hair-oil, with which to well anoint 

 the chest and arms and tips of ears, when working 

 in the water ; a most excellent and serviceable 

 plan. I took this hint from the Esquimaux." 



Frank Buckland's last Fishery Report was made 

 in March, 1880, containing an interesting descrip- 

 tion of the anatomy of the salmon, its food, habits, 

 and the like. 



Mr. Buckland had brought on lung trouble by 

 constant exposure and tireless energy, and must 

 have foreseen the end. At first it seemed hard to 



